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THE JACKSONIAN OOLOGICAL COLLECTION. 
Drawer I. 
CAPE BARREN GOOSE, 
Cereopsis nove hollandiez, Latham. 
Splendid clutch of four eggs, taken on Clarke Island, Bass Straits, by J. W. McLaine, on the 16th 
of September, 1901. An average specimen of this set measures in inches = 3°33 X 2°19, A smaller 
specimen in the set measures = 3°18 x 2°12. 
PIED GOOSE, 
Ansevanas semipalmata, Latham. 
Three eggs taken from a nest at the Lake, near Lavadia, Clarence River, N.S.W., on the 2oth of 
September, 1898, by J. McEnerny and Sid. W. Jackson. Nest was constructed of flat reeds, and placed 
in a thick mass of rushes in the middle of the swamp. An average specimen of this set measures = 
3:1r x 2°24, 
MUSK DUCK, 
Biziura lobata, Shaw. 
Set of 2 eggs, taken on Caramana Swamp, near Grafton, Clarence River, N.S.W., on the 8th 
October, 1892, by T. Lane and Sid W. Jackson. The nest was built of flag-like Rushes (Typha 
angustifolia), and placed near a small island in the swamp, and only a few yards away from a nest and 
eggs of the Sombre Gallinule, or Black Moor Hen. The water was deep where the nest was situated, 
and my light swamp canoe, the “ Podiceps,” was once again brought into valuable service. Specimen 
A. measures = 3°28 x 2:10. Specimen B. measures = 3°17 x 2°07. 
MOUNTAIN DUCK, 
Casarca tadornoides, Jardine. 
This fine pair of eggs was taken by J. Denny, on the 16th August, 1895, at Narung, Lake Albert, 
South Australia. The nest was placed in a Grass Tree (Xanthorrhaa sp.), and was composed of leaves, 
and lined with down. Specimen A. measures in inches = 2°97 x 1°93. Specimen B. measures in 
inches = 2°92 X 1°97. 
BLACK DUCK, 
Anas superciliosa, Gmelin. 
Set of 7 eggs, taken from a nest built in Blady grass (Imperata avundinacea), on a gum tree ridge 
near the Armidale Road, and four miles from South Grafton, N.S.W. The nest was lined with down, 
and the remarkable thing about this clutch is that they were found nearly two miles from any water. 
If my eyes had not rested on these eggs, and the young birds had hatched out, what would they do in 
such an arid locality? Surely they could not survive ona gravel ridge. Taken by W. McEnerny, J. 
McEnerny, Frank and Sid. W. Jackson, on 9th October, 1893. An average specimen of the clutch 
measures in inches = 2°27 x 1°64. 
WOOD DUCK, 
Chenonetta jubata, Latham. 
Four eggs, taken from a hollow in a Swamp Mahogany (Eucalyptus robusta), by J. Orr and Sid. W. 
Jackson, on the roth of October, 1892, near the Lake, South Grafton, Clarence River, N.S.W. These 
handsome birds are very plentiful some seasons in the latter district, yet we have always found it very 
difficult to drop across the nests. An egg of this set measures = 2°25 x 1°57. 
SHOVELLER DUCK, 
Spatula rhynchotis, Latham. 
Set of 8 eggs, taken by Sid. W. Jackson roo yards from the edge of Sportsman Swamp, South 
Grafton, N.S.W., on the 25th of September, 1898. The nest was built in dead Blady grass (Jmperata 
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